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Wind Chill Advisory 1, NWS Topeka, KS

January 14, 20098 counties in Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this wind chill advisory at Jan 14, 2009, 3:50 AM CST for 8 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Jan 14, 2009, 9:00 PM CST. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 14, 2009, 3:50 AM CST (09:50 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 14, 2009, 9:00 PM CST
Expired
Jan 15, 2009, 10:00 AM CST
In force
13 hr
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS

Counties Brown County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Marshall County, KS, Nemaha County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Shawnee County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 216 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 2009-01-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 2009-01-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 988 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1302 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
89 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
988 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
1057 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.